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August 2, 2010

August 2, 2010 - Now Lebanon - US to Saudi King: Abolishing STL is out of question, says report

Ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Monday that US officials recently told Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz that abolishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) was out of the question.

The officials said that even if the US wanted to abolish the STL, it is no longer capable of doing so as global stability would be jeopardized.

Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Beirut on Friday in a bid to calm the political situation. The two Arab leaders participated in a summit in Baabda with President Michel Sleiman.

Tension is high in Lebanon after reports said the tribunal will soon issue its indictment, in which Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah recently claimed Hezbollah members would be named, in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

The announcement prompted fears that a sectarian conflict similar to the May 7 events in 2008 could once again break out.
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